''Zargonians'' is a line of cardboard miniatures for tabletop games published by Bearhug Enterprises.

Gameplay

''Zargonians'' is a line of miniatures printed on thick, die-cut cardboard, rectangular counters that are held upright by plastic stands. They were intended to represent a large variety of characters.

Reception

Denis Loubet Denis Loubet is an artist who has worked on several pen-and-paper role-playing games and video games, including the MMORPG ''Ashen Empires''. Career Loubet designed a set of miniatures called ''Cardboard Heroes'' (1980), a set of full-color cardb ...

reviewed ''Zargonians'' in ''

The Space Gamer ''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...

'' No. 29. Loubet commented that "''Zargonians'' ..are a fine substitute for those heavy, bendable lead miniatures. There are ''lots'' of different critters available, including several really obscure ones. ..My heart goes out to the artist for tackling such a gargantuan task." John T. Sapienza, Jr. reviewed the initial release of ''Zargonians'' for ''

Different Worlds ''Different Worlds'' was an American role-playing games magazine published from 1979 to 1987. Scope ''Different Worlds'' published support articles, scenarios, and variants for various role-playing games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', '' Ru ...

'' magazine and stated that "Bearhug Enterprises has introduced a major new gaming accessory. In my opinion, the Zargonian figures have the potential of introducing gaming with figures to many people who would never have used traditional lead figures. In addition, the Zargonians offer an inexpensive way for adventure garners to expand their present use of miniatures into gaming with major melees. Because of both of these factors, the Zargonians may be the most important accessory released this year." John T. Sapienza, Jr. reviewed more of the ''Zargonians'' for ''

'' magazine and stated that "These include the expansion of the concept of die-cut figures to its logical best use, making really large creatures easy to carry around."

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